Senior Talent Acquisition Strategist - Product

Mastercard; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Global Talent Acquisition team, focusing on product recruitment across North America. You will partner with business leaders to translate workforce needs into talent strategies and build strong, diverse pipelines.

You will manage the full cycle from intake to close, delivering exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences while leveraging data, AI tools and evolving recruiting technologies to improve

Qualifications

• Significant full-cycle talent acquisition experience, with expertise recruiting Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Design and other product-focused talent.
• Proven ability to operate as a strategic talent advisor, translating business priorities into talent strategies.
• Strong direct sourcing capabilities with proactive, diverse talent pipelines.
• Experience using skills-based hiring, structured interviews and evidence-based assessments.
• Ability to use talent-market intelligence and recruiting data to influence hiring decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior leaders.
• Business acumen to navigate ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Results-driven with strong project management and multi-search capability.
• Digitally curious, comfortable with AI and recruiting tech.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building, with integrity and inclusivity.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from intake to close, delivering a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders as a trusted talent advisor to translate priorities into clear talent strategies and milestones.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies and build diverse pipelines for current and future capability needs.
• Provide talent-market intelligence and recruiting insights to influence sourcing strategies and outcomes.
• Apply skills-based hiring with clearly defined skills and capabilities and structured assessments.
• Lead intake, interview planning, calibration and debrief conversations with timely feedback.
• Establish recruiting milestones and proactively identifying pipeline risks and bottlenecks, recommending solutions.
• Promote inclusive hiring practices and reduce bias in candidate evaluation.
• Build relationships across local, regional and global teams to support priorities.
• Use recruiting data and insights to monitor pipeline health and share updates with stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate recruitment information in Workday with governance and reporting.
• Leverage AI, automation and recruiting technologies to improve sourcing and productivity.

Skills

Product management recruiting

Product strategy recruiting

Product design recruiting

Strategic talent advisor

Passive candidate sourcing

Skills-based hiring

Interviewing techniques

Stakeholder management

Project management

AI recruiting tools

Job description

Mastercard is seeking an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Global Talent Acquisition team, focusing on product recruitment across North America. You will partner with business leaders to translate workforce needs into talent strategies and build strong, diverse pipelines.

You will manage the full cycle from intake to close, delivering exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences while leveraging data, AI tools and evolving recruiting technologies to improve